Christianity in Guangdong

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Christianity is a minority in Guangdong, a province of China. The province has more Christians than Muslims.[1] Christianity in Hong Kong enjoys more liberty. In the 16th century, missionaries entered Zhaoqing in Guangdong.[2] Roman Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci came to Guangdong Province in 1583.[3] In September 1807 Robert Morrison landed in Guangzhou.[4] Mr. and Mrs. Elijah C. Bridgman, the first American Protestant missionaries to China, arrived in Guangzhou in 1830.[5] The Protestant population of Guangdong exceeds half a million.[6]

Watchman Nee was from Guangdong. The province has numerous house churches.[7] Guangzhou has Union Theological Seminary. Religious liberty is closer to be respected in Guangdong than in other areas.[8] The house churches in Guangdong face the constant and fearful risk of being closed and its members punished.[9] The province has more Protestants than Catholics.[10] Lutherans used to be active in the province.[11]

Chaozhou

Christianity reached Chaozhou in the 19th century.[12] There used to be more than 100 Baptist churches.[13] Furthermore, there used to be Presbyterian churches.[14]

List of Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Guangdong

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ice.gov.it/paesi/asia/cina/profguangdong.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.rlivio.it/cina/religione.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.prayforchina.com/province/Guangdong.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.seamist.org/peoples/han_chinese_laos.php
  5. ↑ http://www.prayforchina.com/province/Guangdong.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.prayforchina.com/province/Guangdong.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.prayforchina.com/province/Guangdong.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca:8080/RIR_RDI/RIR_RDI.aspx?id=453053&l=f
  9. ↑ http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,IRBC,,CHN,,4dd208a12,0.html
  10. ↑ http://www.seamist.org/peoples/han_chinese_laos.php
  11. ↑ http://www.elchk.org.hk/english/introduction-e.htm
  12. ↑ http://chinesestudies.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-portal/html/cupjournal/pdf/2250-3426-1-PB.pdf
  13. ↑ http://chinesestudies.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-portal/html/cupjournal/pdf/2250-3426-1-PB.pdf
  14. ↑ http://chinesestudies.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-portal/html/cupjournal/pdf/2250-3426-1-PB.pdf
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